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<FONT size=2 face="Arial, sans-serif">Dear BC members: Here's the link to the audiocast for the next Council meeting. /along with agenda.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Arial>As committed some time ago, I will forward notices of relevance that are forwarded to me, as chair, to the BC members, since many of you may wish to particpate by listening to the audiocast for particular subject areas.</FONT><BR>
<FONT face=Arial>Some on this list are a high priority to the BC. </FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Arial>Regards</FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Arial>Marilyn Cade</FONT><BR>
<FONT face=Arial>BC Chair</FONT><BR>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman, serif"><A href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U><B>http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</B></U></FONT></A><B> </B><FONT size=2 face="Arial, sans-serif">Meeting Time 20:00 UTC; 13:00 PDT; 15:00 CDT; 16:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 22:00 CET; 24:00 Moscow</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">Here's the meeting agenda. (I would expect discussion of items 1-2 and 4-6 to be particularly esoteric.) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><B>Item 1: Administrative matters (15 minutes)</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors regarding “any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant Party’s judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or discussion” in this meeting.<BR>Here is the definition provided in the procedures:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 36pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">“Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 36pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">The main issues for this meeting are</FONT></DIV>
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<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">GNSO Prioritization
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">Whois Study #3 - WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Abuse
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">Voting Procedures when Councilors are absent &/or must abstain
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">Disclosure of Interest Procedures </FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">1.2 Update any statements of interest</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">Note that a<A href="http:///council/soi/davis-soi-19oct10-en.htm" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U> revised SoI was received from Terry Davis</U></FONT></A>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">1.3 Review/amend agenda</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<BR><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•</FONT> <A href="http:///mailing-lists/archives/council/msg09798.html" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>7 October 2010 meeting minutes </U></FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">–</FONT> Scheduled for approval on 28 October 2010.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><B>Item 2: GNSO Project Prioritization (20 minutes)</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">2.1 Refer to <A href="http:///correspondence/new-gtld-applicant-support-draft-recommendations-summary-07oct10-en.pdf" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>posted project ratings</U></FONT></A>:<BR><A href="http:///drafts/draft-work-prioritization-project-list-value-ratings-23jun10-en.pdf" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-work-prioritization-project-list-value-ratings-23jun10-en.pdf</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">2.2 Key points made in the 15 July Council meeting (from meeting minutes):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “. . . not a useful exercise, not much was learnt, should not proceed further with the prioritization exercise.”<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “. . . spending more time on the exercise will not accomplish useful results.”<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “It was a difficult exercise, policy matters were not prioritized and the core issue, management of the workload, still has not been resolved.”<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “The exercise was intended as a first step and not intended to solve the workload management; other steps are needed. The exercise contributed an important degree of common awareness and dissent to the group.”<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “The prioritization process could be improved with further input from the Councilors and stakeholder groups.”<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “The exercise is important and informative from a staff perspective and the Council needs to look at a two-step process going forward: step one - form a small team to improve the process used to date drawing on input received; step two - develop a process to manage the workload with input from staff of the resources being used to support each of the working groups, which will reflect both staff and community efforts.”<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “Support was expressed for continuing the prioritization work, but linking it to the overall ICANN Staff and Community workload and to the Budget process.”<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “The question of available resources should be looked at in context. The Vertical Integration working group as an example of one that would not normally have commenced with all the work before Council, yet it did and the community resources were available.”<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> “Some believe that work should be prioritized but the methodology chosen is not the most appropriate or efficient.”</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">2.3 Next Steps</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Staff Utilization Analysis (Liz Gasster)<BR>Refer to:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-resource-management-policy-staff-utilization-28sep10-en.pdf" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-resource-management-policy-staff-utilization-28sep10-en.pdf</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Results of Adobe Connect Poll regarding possible next steps:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 36pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">o Option 1: Spend no more time on prioritization - 5 votes (33%) <BR>o Option 2: Develop a plan for using the results to manage the workload in the near term - 2 votes (13%) <BR>o Option 3: Form a drafting team with the task of developing a new process - 0 votes (0%) <BR>o Option 4: Form a drafting team with the task of improving the process - 1 vote (7%) <BR>o Option 5: Other? (including combinations of options 2, 3, and or 4) - 7 votes (47%)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Discussion?<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Action Items</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><B>Item 3: Whois Study #3 - WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Abuse (15 minutes)</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">Refer to: The Abuse Study Staff Analysis<BR><A href="http:///issues/whois/gnso-whois-pp-abuse-studies-report-05oct10-en.pdf" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/gnso-whois-pp-abuse-studies-report-05oct10-en.pdf</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">3.1 Status Report (Liz Gasster)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><A href="http:///issues/whois/gnso-whois-pp-abuse-studies-report-05oct10-en.pdf" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/gnso-whois-pp-abuse-studies-report-05oct10-en.pdf</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">3.2 Discussion</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">3.3 Next steps?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><B>Item 4: Voting Procedures when Councilors are absent &/or must abstain (25 minutes)</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">Refer to:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">1) Abstention Notification Form (online): <A href="http://gnso.icann.org/node/14119" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>http://gnso.icann.org/node/14119</U></FONT></A><BR>2) Voting Remedies Procedural Map: <A href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/visual-procedures-map-en.htm" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>http://gnso.icann.org/council/visual-procedures-map-en.htm</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">4.1 Overview (Ken Bour, Staff; Ray Fassett, GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) Chair)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">4.2 Discussion</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">4.3 Report from Operations Steering Committee/ GNSO Council Operations Work Team (OSC/GCOT) (Philip Sheppard, OSC Chair; Ray Fassett)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">4.4 Next steps?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><B>Item 5: Disclosure of Interest Procedures (15 minutes)</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">5.1 Report from OSC/GCOT (Philip Sheppard, Ray Fassett)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">5.2 Discussion</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">5.3 Next steps?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><B>Item 6: Planning for Cartagena Meetings (15 minutes)</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">6.1 Overview of plans/schedule (Stéphane Van Gelder, Glen de Saint Géry)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">6.2 Next steps?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><B>Item 7: Status of Continued Action Items (10 Minutes)</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">7.1 Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (Chuck Gomes)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">7.2 Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation (Glen de Saint Géry)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Volunteers to date: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (ISCPC), Tatyana Khramtsova (RrSG), Ray Fassett (RySG), Avri Doria (NCSG), Rudi Vansnick (NCSG), Philip Sheppard (CBUC)<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Feedback from Steering Committees (Rob Hoggarth)<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Question raised regarding GNSO Operating Procedures: Should the concerns about the newly approved disclosure of interest requirements be dealt with by the OSC & GCOT or by the standing committee?<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Next steps? Charter?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">7.3 Progress of House/SG Elections</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Councilors<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Chair & Vice Chair Nominations<BR></FONT>•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> NCA Assignments</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">7.4 Whois Studies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Refer to redline version of Proxy/Privacy Reveal study (Study 4) RFP at</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 36pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><A href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29sep10-en.htm" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29sep10-en.htm</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 18pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">•<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"> Status of Whois Studies (Liz Gasster)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 36pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif">/correspondence/presentation-whois-studies-oct10-en.pdf<A href="http:///issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement </U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 36pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><A href="http:///issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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